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Editorial
. 2023 Aug 2;25(9):euad236.
doi: 10.1093/europace/euad236.

Mind the gap: leak currents and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in translational cardiac electrophysiology

Jordi Heijman  1 , Torsten Christ  2   3
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Editorial

Mind the gap: leak currents and induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes in translational cardiac electrophysiology

Jordi Heijman et al. Europace. .

Abstract

Keywords: Cellular electrophysiology; Induced pluripotent stem cell–derived cardiomyocytes; Patch clamp; hiPSC.

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Conflict of interest: None declared.

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